A good man at Goodman
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. He drove a motor scraper at age 15 and now drives a multimillion-dollar business. RICHARD SILCOCK...
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Southern hospitality: NZTA/NZIHT annual conference
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The NZTA/NZIHT annual conference is a gathering of roading industry specialists. The 17th event was held...
The ‘Kaikoura’ Quake
These articles first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. Restoring our lifelines after last month’s monster quake By Tommy Parker, group manager Highways and Network...
Auckland’s top excavator operator
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. Jason Toomer-Reti has been named as the Auckland region’s best excavator operator after an intense three-day...
Innovative in-ground engineering
Innovative in-ground engineering and a New Zealand first, sums up the relevelling of some of Christchurch’s iconic buildings and vital infrastructure. Richard Silcock provides some...
Digging by remote control
The Canterbury earthquakes have generated a major technological breakthrough in digger operations. HUGH DE LACY reports. HE GOT THE HEAVE-HO from Ashburton High School at...
Hunua 4 – taking in communities
Auckland’s Watercare called for ideas and innovation to soften the impact on communities of its massive infrastructure building projects. Story supplied by Watercare. WITH THE...
Forgotten companies: Eimco
Established in the 1880s, Eimco designed and built underground mining equipment. In a surprising move, it decided to go above ground and enter the track...
Luxury load: transporting a high-spec sleeper train
The Great South Pacific Express was recently transported from Australia to Peru where, after a spruce up, it will begin service as the Andean Explorer,...
The making of Christchurch’s Western Corridor
There were a couple of complicating twists in what otherwise seemed like a simple four-laning of the middle of the three Christchurch Western Corridor projects....